Machine for randing and cutting in the shanks of shoes.



P. M. MOODY. MACHINE FOR RANDING AND CUTTING IN ,THE SHANKS 0P SHOES;

' APPLICATION FILED NOV. 18. 1907.

Patefited Dec. 24, 1912.

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P. M. MOODY. v MACHINE FOR RANDING AND CUTTING IN THE SHA N KS'UF SHOES.

[APPLICATION FILED NOV. 18, L907.

' Patented Dec. 24-, 19-12.

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- a workman who trnns'the shank along its edges toward the and rotarycutter and 'nients otthe l;n1res. wherehy shoes of-rarl- 'pt'rinted outin the en ree s'rarns PATENT-OFFICE" rnEn -J aoobY, or WHI E ran, MASSACUSETT AssIGNoa, BY Mnsun ASSIGNMENTS.

"r UNITED SHOE MACHINERY COMPANY 01* 'PATER$ON, NEW- annsexh-coii roB-AToN or N W JERSEY.

MACHINE ron RANDING AND 'ou'r'rme IN THE 'SI-IANKS or SHOES.

- Application-filed November 18; 1907.. Serial No. 402,593.

' To a? Z tbhomitma-y concern:

Be it known thatL-Fmsoihl. Moonr, a

- citiZen otthe United. States. 'resid'ngat h 1t ma1f1. in the county ofPlymonti and State of'itiassachusetts. have. invented new and useful"Improvements in Machines" for Banding and Cutting i the Shanks ofShoes, of wl ch the tollowing is a specifica tic-n. I j I 1 Thisinvention. relates toimprorenients 'cutting in In the manufacture ofshoes. after the sole. and heel are -ap1.i lied,jtl ie' sole edge istrimmed by means oi arotary cutter trom a point forward of one corner ofthe breast of the heel around the sole to a point-forward of the othercorner of the breast of the heel. The heel is. then trimmed by imeans ofa rotary cutter from one corner of the breast thereof aronnd to theother corner of thebreast. The shoe then goes to by means' ota handknife corners of the'breast and naltes on each side of the shank at. thebreastan inward cut which leaves neatly finished corners. This operationis commonly, known as "cutting in. .The randing or trimming ofi of thefeather edgeot the'welt and its ends ashacent to the heel takes placeon, a machine, having a rotar cutter... v

r The oh ects of the in'ventionxare; first. to'

provide a machine'c-apahle of performing I I of. which is locatedagainst a guide or rest- 1? having a guiding edge- 18 former subwithspeed. accuracy and uniformity the operation of cutting in, second;, toprovide a machine combining these functions-with a 1:0-

ous shapes and sizes may beaccommodated.-

J Other objects and advantages will appear hereinafter.

T he intention cons sts in the combination and arrangement of parts setforth in the. following specification and particularly appended claims;

1 isfa Referring to the drawiiry" at;

being operatedupon by pulley 14c jonriialed l elevation of tion of ashoe heing shown insection'beingoperated upon by said machine. Fig. 2 isa front elevation of the same, the shoe being indicated in dotted lines.Fig. 3 is asectional elevation taken on line 3'3 of I 1 and part-lbroken away to save space. Fig. 4e is a detail sectionflelevationtakenon line i e of Fig. 1. looking to ward the left. a shoebeingindicat-ed in dotted lines. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective View ofthe heel portion of a shoe; Fig. 6 1s a diagrammatic View illustratingthe sole and heel of a shoe after. the same has been "operatedflnpon by'the rotary cutters.

pletesits work. Fig. 7 is a diagrammatic view-showing the sole and heel.the shank the knife which trims ittoward the breast 'ot the hecl. I

' Like numerals refer to like parts throu hout; the several views-of thedrawings.

Specification of Letters has. P t t d n g i In the drawings. 10 is theframe of the machine in 'whiclftwo shafts; 11 and 12- are JOUIIIHlQd thGshaft 11 hating a pulley ,13

fastthereto and the shaft 12 having a loose thereon and a tight pulley15 fast thereto. The shaft 11 will in practice be driven at a ery highrate of speed, while the shaft 12 will be rotated 'ata low, rate otspeed hy a'zscparate belt. Fast;

to' the shatjll rotary cutter 16-con'1-u in'only known asg-a rand iiigcutter. one face stantially concentric with-said cutter. "The guide 1 7is prorided achaceut to the edge 18 with 'a flange and also with twotianges[ tached :to

to the frame 10. A screw 251s prorided 3th a hat head 26 which 1sadapted to. passv through a slot. 27

formed in 'the guide su'pport- '21. .By rotating the screw 27 90? asfrom the position shown in Fig. lithat is. with the head 26- inalinement"witlrthe 'slot ET. the guide support. 21' may wardly to.expose the .cutter' 16v and other he rocked on its pirot 23 11p-' partscovered by the guide 17'. The guide 17 is provided with two rearwardlyextendmg steps or lugs 28, -28, the purpose of which will be hereinafterdescribed. Two knives 29,- 29 which are arranged to be guided by theflanges 20, 20, respectively, areadjustably mounted in holders 30, 30,respectively, by means of set screws 31, 31. said holders in turn beingadjustably secured in blocks 32. 32, respectively, b means of set screws33, The blocks means of rods 35 passing through said slides, whlle nuts36 having screw-threaded engagement with said rods serve to ad ustablysecure said rods to said slides in such a manner that the blocks 32 maybe adjusted toward and away from the slide 34, respectively. The slides34, 34 which are mounted in suitable ways formed in the frame 10 arepivotally connected at 3T, 37 to eccentric rods 38, 38 forming port-ionsofeccentric straps 39, 39.

The eccentric straps 39, 39 surround eccentrics 40, 40 said eccentricsbeing fast to the shaft 12. 41 third eccentric 41 also fast to the shaft152 is surrounded by an eccentric strap42 pivoted at 43 to a U-shapedslide 44 to the arms 45, 45 of which are fast knives 46, 46 by means ofset screws 47, 47. Two stops 48, 48 which are adapted to en gage thecorners of the heel of a shoe are provided, respectively, with shanks49, 49 inserted in L-shaped brackets 50, 50 and held therein by means ofset screws 51, 51. The horizontal portions of the brat-l ts .50extend'into holes formed in lugs 5-2, 52 and are secured therein bymeans of set screws 53, 53. Thus it will be seen that the stops 48 maybe adjusted vertically bv loosening the set screws 51 and may be adjusted horizontally by loosening the set screws 53 and moving thebrackets 50 horizontally. A movable cover plate 54 extending across thetop of the machine strengthens the frame 10 at that point and protectsthe mechanism located therebeneath from dust and dirt.

Having thus specifically described the machine, I'will now proceed todescribe its gen eral operation.

Referring first to Figs. 1 and 2. the operator places a shoe 55 in theposition shown with the guiding ecge 18 and flange 19 forced between thewelt and upper of the shoe and moves said shoe toward the right, Fig. 2,until the uppermost corner of the breast of the heel strikes the righthand stop 48 which limits the movement of the heel toward the right andalso limits its movement upwardly. During the movement of the shoe justdescribed, the rotary cutter 16 trims off a very slight amount of thewelt of the shoe at the rear end thereof, that is, at ,the feather edge56 shown in Fig. 5. The corner of the heel being now located against theright hand stop 48, the operator swings the toe of the shoe up .wardlyuntil the upper edge of the shank of said shoe strikes the. stop Theright hand knife 29 which is being reciproeated advances toward thebreast of the heel as illustrated in Fig. '7. and trims the edge of theshank as far as the breast. As the knife 29 recedes, the righthandvertical knife 46 v moves downwardly and makes an inward are secured totwo slides 34, 34. respectively.

cut as at 57 thus completing the operation. The operator then removesthe shoe, reverses the same and operates upon the opposite side of theshank in a similar manner, using the left hand set of stops and knives.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire by LettersPatent to secure is:

1. In a machinefor cutting in shoe shanks, a knife adapted to be movedalong the edge of the shank of a shoe toward and away from the heel, asecond knife movable transversely of the path of said first knife, and astop against which said heel may be located. said stop being adjustablevertically.

2. In a machine for cutting in shoe shanks, a knife adapted to be movedalong the edge of the shank of a shoe toward and away from the heel, asecond, knife movable trans versely of the path of said first knife, anda stop against which said heel may be located, said stop beingadjustable horizontally.

3. In a machine for cutting in shoe shanks, a knife adapted to be movedalong the edge of the shank of 'a shoe toward and away from the heel, asecond knife movhie transversely of the path of said first to, and astop adapted to limit the movement of said heel vertically andhorizontally, said stop being adjustable vertically and horizontally.

4. In a machine for cu ting in shoe shanks, a knife adapted to hei'noved along the edge of the shank a shoe toward and away from theheel, a stop against which said heel may be located. and a stop againstwhich said edge may be located, said first stop being adjustablevertically and horizontally.

5. In a machine for cutting in shoe shanks, a knife for trimming alongthe edge of a shoe sole adjacent to the heel breast. a second knife forcutting off the trimmed material. substantially in line with the heelbreast, means for operating said knives, and a stop positioned to engagethe breast of the heel to limit the movement of theshoe relatively tosaid knives. said stop being adjustable relatively to said knives.

6. In a machine for cutting in shoe shanks, a knife adapted to be movedalong the edge of the shank of a shoe toward and away from the heel, asecond knife movable trans versely of the path of said first knife. aslide to which said first knife is connected. a second slide to whichsaid second knife is conedge of the-shoe sole adjacent to the heel, a

second knife for cutting oft the trimmed material substantially in linewith the breast of the heel, means for positioning the shoe for theoperation "of said knives, and a rotary cutter adapted to trim the weltof said'shoe while the shoe. is positionedby saidmeans." 8. In a machinefor, randing and cutting in shoeshanks, a knife for trimming the edge'ofthe shoesole adjacent to the heeha.

second knife for-cutting off the trimmed material substantially linewith the breast of the heel, means for protectingthe upper of theshoefrom contact with said knives, and a rotary cutter operating to trimthe welt of "the shoe, said protecting means also serving to protectcutter- 9. In a machine for randing and cutting in shoe shanks'gelmiiefor trimming the edge of the shoe sole adjacent to the heel, a secondknife for cuttingeoff the trimmed material substantially in line\vitlrthe breast'of the heel, arotary cutterfor triiii'ming the welt ofsaid shoe, a guide against which said welt is supported during theoperation of said knives and said cutter, anda stopvto position the heelfor the operation. of said knives.

10. A machine of thecharacter set forth having, in combination, meansfor trimming the edge of the sole'longitudinally thereof to the breastof the heel, means for cutting the upper from contact with saidtransversely of said sole to cut off the mate rial thus trimmed inline,with the breast of the heel, means for randing the upper edge ofthe sole, a crease gage arranged to bear against the upper face of saidsole whereby said soleis positioned laterally thereof relatively to saidtrimining,'cu tting and randing instruinentalities, and a gage adaptedto bear against the breast of said heel, whereby said shoe is positionedlongitudinally thereof relatively to said longitudinally trim- Hung, andtransversely cutting instri'imentalities.

11. A machine of the character set forth having, in combination, meansfor trimming the, edge of the sole longitudinally thereof to the breastof the heel, means for cutting transversely of said sole to cut off thematerial thus trimmed in line with the breast of the heel, means forrandiug the upper edge of the sole. a crease arranged to bear againstthe upper face of said sole. \i'hereliiy-said sole" is positionedlaterally thereof relatively to said trimming, cutting and raiid'lngiiistr u'iicntalities. and a gage adapted to bear against the side ofsaid heel, whereby said shoe is positioned relatively to saidlongitudinally t'rin'uniug and transversely cutting instruinentalities.

12. A machine of the character set forth having, in combination,means'for trimming the edge ofthe solelongitudinally thereof to thebreast of the heel, means for cutting transversely of said sole tocutoff thematei al thus trimmed inline with the breast of the heel, meansfor randing the upper edge of thesole a crease gage arranged to.

bear againstthe upper face of said sole, whereby said sole-1s positionedlaterally thereof relatively to said trimming, cutting I and randirginstrumentalities, and a gage adapted to bear against the outer edge ofsaid sole, whereby said shoe 1s positioned relatively to saidlongitudinally trimming inst-rumentalities.

13. A machine of the characterset- ,torth having, in combination, meansfor trimming the edge of the sole longitudinally thereof to the breastof the heel, means for cutting transversely of said sole to cut ed thematerial thus trimmed in line with the breast ,of the heel, means forranding the upper 'edge of the sole, a crease gage arranged to bearagainst the ii iiiper'face of said sole. a

gage adapted tobear against the breast of said heel, a gageadapted tobear against the side of said heel, and a gage adapted to bear againstthe edge of said sole, whereby said sole-is properly positionedrelatively to said trimming, cutting and randing instrumentalities.

let. A machine of the character set forth having, in combination, meansfor trimming the edge of thesole loi'igitudinally, thereof to the breastof the heel, means for cutting transversely of said sole to cut off thematerial thus trimmed in line with the breast of the heel,.ineans forranding the upper edge oft-he sole, a crease gage arranged to bearagainst the upper face ofsaid sole, whereby said sole is, positionedlaterally thereof, relatively to said trimming. cutting and randinginstrumentalities, and a projection extending laterally from said creasegage and constituting a gage adapted. to bear against the outer edge ofsaid'sole, whereby said sole is positioned relativelv to saidlongitudinally trimming instrumentalities.

15; A machine of the character set forth having, in combination, meansfor trimming the edge of the sole to the breast of the heel, means forcutting off the material thus trimmed in line with the breast of theheel. means for randing the upper edge of the sole, a creasegagearranged to bear against.

talities, and a gage adapted to bear against the breast of the heel.

16. machine of the character set forth having, in combination, means fortrimming the edge of the sole to the breast of the heel, means forcutting off the material this trimmed in'line with the breast of theheel, means for randing the upper ,edge of the so1e,:a crease gagearranged to bear against the upper edge of the sole, whereby said soleispositioned laterally thereof relatively to said trimming and randinginstrumentalities, and a gage adapted .to bear against the edge of theheel.

' 17. A machine of the character set forth having, in-combination, meansfor trimming the edge of a shoe sole adjacent to the heel breast, rightand left knives for-cutting into the edge of the sole substantially inline with the heel-breast to sever the trimmed knives, rancling meanspositioned between said cutting ofi knives, and means to protectthe-upper of the shoe from contact with 'said randing,cuttingandtrimming means;

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

' FRED M. MOODY. Witnesses:

LoUIs A. JONES,

- SADIE V. MCCARTHY.

